Duke's fabulous freshman weren't just ready for their first turn in the spotlight.

"Stopping the bleeding. They don't know yet what that means", Calipari said.

Both Michigan State and Kansas were no exception to this, with Kansas losing their top three scorers from last season and Michigan State losing their leading scorer and fifth leading scorer to National Basketball Association draft declarations.

The final score was 72-40, but the game was never really in doubt.

This is where Virginia has a chance to contain Duke's scary scorers: even though Zion's first bucket came off of a three, it was the only one he attempted all game. "Hopefully we'll also raise our level that maybe we haven't seen yet, too, going there".

The highly coveted McDonald's All-American from New Albany, Indiana scored the his first career point for Indiana from the foul line to extend the Hoosiers' lead in a game where they trailed just once, for a total of 13 seconds. This will be a close game at the half with Kansas pulling away late. Barrett's dunk with 16:11 remaining made it 72-47, Alex O'Connell's 3-pointer with 11:45 remaining made it 91-54 and Duke topped the 100-point mark on another dunk by Barrett with 7:36 left.

Maybe Kentucky fans heard that because many had left by then, something that nearly never happens at a Kentucky basketball game. Senior guard Josh Perkins is a threat and he's consistent, enough to play Duke better than probably just about anybody, especially alongside Rui Hachimura, Zach Norvell, transfer Brandon Clarke and some talented underclassmen who will be sprinkled in the mix to fill out the Bulldogs rotation (if the Zags face Duke in a couple weeks at the Maui Invitational, however, they'll be without Killian Tillie). "I haven't lost faith in my guys. This was good for us". Not only can he defend players who are physically more imposing than him, he possesses the speed to keep up with smaller players and utilise his size on offense.

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"First game of the year, playing against Duke, two top programs in the United States, it's gotta be a lot of hype", Feldhaus said.

Duke was able to limit turnovers, as the Blue Devils had a significant turnover margin. "I told Mike (Krzyzewski) after, I said, 'You guys played great.' They made shots, they passed the ball, they attacked at the rim".

Kentucky: Tyler Herro was the only other player to reach double figures.

The 6-foot-10 Laszewski led the way with 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench. The Wildcats were outscored 60-38 in the paint.

Duke handed Calipari the worst loss of his coaching career at United Kingdom and he let his players know midway of the second half he had seen enough. The Blue Devils only committed four turnovers compared with Kentucky's 15.

College basketball was treated to a marquee opening night doubleheader at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

"They didn't run any plays", Calipari said of the Blue Devils.

Travis did say getting down so early was "kind of a blow to your chest" and one that Kentucky did not handle well.

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